1/30 (Tue) Play like a dragon for 2024. (Host: Winston)

[李昰翰]

Play like a dragon for 2024.

Dear Yoyoers,
It’s an athletic year that Summer Olympics will be taken placed in Paris 2024 which coincides the active dragon year coming soon. It’s said that the hiking population has been increasing a lot for recent years. People are driving their affection exploring nature by hiking mountains more and more.

I am a new hiker that I tried to arrange regular hiking mountains since last summer. From 2.5 hours of hiking incrementally to 6 to 7 hours of trip hiking, while I not only enjoy approaching the nature encountering with diversified skies, terrains, trees, flowers, birds, insects, monkeys, squirrels, smelling of soils, and unknown hikers, but also it benefits for physical training, relieved mood, and the warmth from the friendly greetings of unknown hikers met.

In addition, the unpredictable climate can bring challenges to the hikers. Once I participated to a hiking team. It was a raining day, and when it’s time to meet participants at the meeting place, the cadres, mountain guide and echo guide” felt so anxious to see if the hikers will still come. The answer revealed that there were still some hikers participating at that activity, and they were highly delightful that day. They have reached to a different level of hiking pleasure that they aspired to practice how to guide a hiking team. From that activity, I tried to learn how the hikers use the hiking gears gradually. Besides, I found that the diversified climate stimulates people to design innovative hiking gears to satisfy a comfortable hiking trip to the hikers which forms a niche market highly profitable. There are plenty of hikers sharing their diary of hiking journey with the experiment on their newly hunting of the hiking gears. The diversified of weather provides the occasions for the hikers to explore what sorts of hiking gears can ensure a safe and comfortable hiking trip, and it’s an interesting processes that adds funs to the hiking trips as well.

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull body” is an idiom that reversely describes how the Yoyoers usually like to do. There are many Yoyo friends who love and proficient at outdoor activities such as hiking, long trips overseas, climbing, diving, biking, and so forth. This is an energetic dragon year for you in search of funs outdoors. Come to share with us your stories, thank you.


SESSION ONE: Play as a mountain backpacker.


https://www.advnture.com/features/hiking-skills

https://outsideforcefitness.com/hiking- ... and-facts/

https://info.taiwantrade.com/biznews/%E ... 57818.html

1. Do you like hiking to the mountain? What are the hiking skills you learned?
2. Did you have the experience for several days of long distance hiking to high mountains? If so, how will you prepare for the long distance hiking? And what is the most unforgettable story for the long hiking trip you took? If you have not yet had such experience, will you consider giving it a try in the future?
3. For spring, summer, autumn, and winter, how will you wear the hiking clothes for different seasons? What kind of hiking gears will you prepare to get accommodated to different hiking plans?
4. Have you had the experience for making a hiking plan, and lead a group of people for hiking to the mountain? Will it make difference to go hiking with a team away from hiking alone yourselves?
5. Did you encounter other mountain backpackers and try to talk with them? Any interesting stories of such interaction with unknown mountain backpackers can you told us?


SESSION TWO: Play as an international backpacker.


https://backpackertravel.org/random/wan ... t-started/

https://onebag.travel/content/qb547b158 ... -traveller

1. Did you have any experience to play as an international backpacker? How did you make a plan for long trip overseas? If you do not have such experience, how will you give it a try for kicking-off?
2. Did you have any experience to take trip alone? Why are you indulged yourselves as an international backpacker for long trip overseas? What are the interesting stories you underwent as an international backpacker? If you have not yet had such experience, what countries will you consider to give it a try in the future? What will you anticipate as an international backpacker?
3. What can you learn from the long trip as an international backpacker overseas? If you have not yet had such experience, what will you expect to learn from the long trip alone overseas?
4.How do you secure a safe trip overseas alone?

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登山活動相關詞彙 (Mountain Climbing Vocabulary):
登山 (Mountain Climbing)
徒步旅行 (Hiking)
攀登 (Rock Climbing)
穿越 (Cross-country)
登頂 (Summit)
地形 (Terrain)
森林 (Forest)
路徑 (Trail)
攀登者 (Climber)
導遊 (Guide)
營地 (Campsite)
高度 (Altitude)
高山症 (Altitude Sickness)
水源 (Water Source)
地圖 (Map)
群組 (Group)
安全繩 (Safety Rope)
岩石 (Rock)
冰川 (Glacier)
遠足 (Trek)
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登山服飾相關詞彙 (Mountain Apparel Vocabulary):
登山靴 (Hiking Boots)
防水外套 (Waterproof Jacket)
保暖衣物 (Insulating Layers)
快乾衣 (Quick-drying Shirt)
長褲 (Trousers)
運動襪 (Sport Socks)
遮陽帽 (Sun Hat)
手套 (Gloves)
太陽眼鏡 (Sun Glasses)
登山背包 (Backpack)
登山杖 (Trekking Poles)
防曬霜 (Sunscreen)
睡袋 (Sleeping Bag)
帳篷 (Tent)
登山帽 (Climbing Helmet)
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登山工具相關詞彙 (Mountain Equipment Vocabulary):
登山錘 (Ice Axe)
登山繩 (Climbing Rope)
登山錨 (Climbing Anchor)
攀登裝置 (Climbing Gear)
螺絲扣 (Carabiner)
安全帶 (Harness)
登山燈 (Headlamp)
GPS 導航 (GPS Navigation)
登山錶 (Altitude Watch)
急救包 (First Aid Kit)
燃料爐 (Stove)
水濾器 (Water Filter)
登山相機 (Climbing Camera)
太陽能充電器 (Solar Charger)
登山食品 (Climbing Food)

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Agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:45pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
7:45 ~ 8:00pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:00 ~ 8:05pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 5 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:05 ~ 8:40pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
8:40 ~ 8:55pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:55 ~ 9:00pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements


Meeting Date: As shown on the Subject Line
Meeting Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Meeting Venue: 丹堤咖啡 Dante Coffee (Minimum Order $100)
Address: 台北市濟南路三段25號[MAP]-捷運忠孝新生站3號出口步行3分鐘


Important Notes:
1. We advise participants to print out the discussion questions and bring them to the meeting for reference. As for the supporting articles, feel free to print them out, as well, according to your preference.
2. We suggest that participants read the articles and think about the questions in advance.
3. Newcomers should prepare a two-to-three minute self-introduction in English to deliver when called upon by the host before the start of the discussion. The host may also ask you to give brief feedback about the meeting at the conclusion of the meeting.
4. We conduct the entire meeting in English. All participants should have at least moderate English-conversation skills and be able to articulate your ideas for each discussion question.
5. We welcome newcomers and other guests to attend the meetings and join the discussion freely for two times. After that, we hope you will consider becoming a YoYo English Club member. We charge a NT$1500 lifetime membership fee, or NT$1000 for students.

[miller]

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[Kooper]

Here are two articles on the differences between hiking, trekking, mountaineering, and mountain climbing.

1. Hiking, trekking, mountaineering, and backpacking - what is the difference?
2. Hiking？Climbing？ ── 「爬山」的英文到底怎麼說

According to them, what we most often do over weekends is either hiking or trekking; hiking takes a few hours up to a whole day, while trekking lasts several days.

[李昰翰]

Hi, Kooper, thank you for sharing us the articles which clarify the wording on outdoor activities relevant to mountains. It's good to learn the new words at the meeting tonight.